Michelle Adjei has admitted harassing a married mum with text messages.

The woman’s life was turned upside down as Adjei constantly haunted her.

The woman, who Adjei met at a shop, was repeatedly sent inappropriate messages to her phone.

Unemployed Adjei, 42, pleaded guilty to a charge of harassment without fear, when she appeared before magistrates in Gateshead.

The court heard how Adjei, of Woodland Terrace in Felling, Gateshead, sent a huge number of messages to the mum-of-two, during six days in July.

The texts were said to be “aggressive and disturbing” and put a strain on the woman’s relationship with her husband.

And they continued even after the victim called the police.

Jenny Hart, prosecuting, handed magistrates four pages of print-outs of the messages which had been sent to the victim’s phone.

She said: “She began receiving text messages which she found aggressive and disturbing in nature.

“When she started receiving these messages on July 4 she did contact police and the defendant was warned by an officer not to have any further contact with her.

“But the defendant chose to ignore that and the messages continued. This defendant was warned and given the chance to stop, but didn’t.”

In a statement, read to the court, the victim said her life had been turned upside down by the harassment.

“I feel like my life has been pulled to pieces,” she said. “My relationship with my husband has been suffering, I can’t sleep properly. I’m disgusted that someone can have this much control over someone’s life.”

Karen Graham, defending, told the court, that since the messages stopped Adjei had made no other attempts to contact the woman.

Magistrates agreed to sentence Adjei to a community order with supervision for 12-months. She was also ordered to pay £150 in court costs.

But a request by the prosecution that the defendant was given a restraining order was refused.

After the hearing Adjei insisted her messages had been misinterpreted, and she had not meant any harm.